i personally dont care for magnaflow or any turbo style muffler on old school sbc and bbc. for thier sound and sound level... i ran turbos on my car for a short amount of time... but they sure do sound killer on penny though.
i thought you didnt want it too loud?

It's pretty quiet. You'll see soon enough.

Todd, I'm going to have to check it out during SEMA week! :yes:

That is one sexy ride! Nice to see it out in public! :cheers: 15 miles on the fwy uncorked was one to remember Ill bet. I wonder what the thoughts were of the people you passed in that thing?


Guy looking in rearview mirror: "Honey, look at this car coming... AHHHHHHH!!!!" :willy: (Black 69 roars by, guy in minivan screams like girl, swerves and pees himself, kids scarred for life) :lol: :hail:


Chris:cool:

You got a deal:cheers:

Pretty funny....my buddy chasing me was talking on the phone and they could here it and said it sounded killer. He was atleast a couple hundred yards back with the windows up.

I think we need some car to car video! :unibrow:

Should be home in 48 hours if all goes right. Let's get Aj, Tyler and the rest out to C & C this weekend.

I am out there early for SEMA. We get in Friday moring and are doing Halloween there. So I will be looking for some hot laps before the big show.

I'll be handing you the keys.:cheers:

Exterior photos
 

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wow
 

damn,that Is Slick

beautiful Camaro


Radrambler

That's a bad mother! Palm trees and early camaros...two of my favorite things!! :cheers:

Todd,

I got back last night and of course had to make a run by ATS today. Sounds like Russ has 8 parking spots at his father in Laws shop for the car show in Henderson this weekend. Sounds like you, me, Aj, Tyler and Jeff at the moment. You up for it?? Call over to ATS and let Russ know he's setting it all up.


Oh yeah.....the car looks wicked!

I haven't decided yet. Depends on work and a few other variables.

my cars out of comission for the next few years:unibrow: already turned in the plates and took out ALL the int...yes the dash too. speaking of which ill probally be ask todd soon to borrow the cherry picker!

It's yours when you need it man.:cheers:

You guys have all the fun down there!! :cheers:

nice looking car. :thumbsup:

Your car looks freaking awesome! Very menacing look! :thumbsup:

Aj.....what did you do? Are you going to start a build thread?? When do I get to come over and have a look at what your doing and what your planning?

Always do! Good bunch to roll with. :thumbsup:

Got one word for this car. Insane. First time I have ever punched the throttle and got sideways going 55!!!!:D That 587 ftlbs at 3700 gets it done. The money spent on the headers and exhaust was worth every penny. I am confident I am getting every last ounce of horsepower out of this engine. Working out some bugs this week.

Clutch pedal wasn't returning to the pedal stop. I made a z bracket out of 3/8 steel and a stronger spring. I attached it to the blow proof bellhousing. With these 2 1/8 headers using a stock spring setup is not going to happen. Redo

Pinion angle/ rear tire rub. After a discussion a month of so ago I discovered that the pinion angle was supposed to be 1 degree negative of the drive line angle with a G Bar. A little more with high horsepower applications. I set mine at 2 degrees negative tonight after having it 2 degree negative of level. It did smooth out the acceleration somewhat. I knew I would gain some clearance from the front of the tire to the fender lip. It actually moved the tire back .5 inches and centered the tire in the wheel well.:thumbsup: Two problems solved in one. It didn't get rid of the vibration that starts right at 72. It's got to be wheel balance because it has none until that point. (Buy the Prodigy Bar....the stock setup absolutely sucks for pinion angle adjustments) I hope the neighbors kids were in bed.

Hesitation hot off idle/ hard hot start I bought a Phenolic .5 carb spacer. This cuts way down on the heat transfer between the engine and carb. From some research new fuels boil easier than old. The cooler you can keep your carb the better. Tomorrow it's going on and then I will tweak the idle mixtures and accelerator pumps. This should help me eleminate the stumble off idle and hard hot start.

Re routed my vent for my fuel tank. More of a striaght up design. While under the car tonight I now have a leak at my pump inlet. Drip ever once an a while. I used high temp teflon and let it set up for 72hrs. These things are a bitch to seal.

I also adjusted all four coil overs for the third time. The front is higher than I would like but it seems to still be settling. I am going to drive it for a few weeks and then worry about getting it perfect.

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Good to hear there is enough power for ya!!

Keep at it, the to-do list is getting shorter! Oh, and centering the rear wheel was an awesome bonus!! :thumbsup:

What a great day
 

For anyone that's been following Todds build, I'm hear to tell you it's a top notch!

Today Todd and I grabbed the girls and hit the Highway. First it was a run to breakfast out in Boulder City, followed by a cruise around the lake. Then it was over to Henderson for the big car show they had going on. It was great day with some killer cars....even four pro touring camaros (all members). Running down the Highway and around the Lake was a blast. Todds car has an amazing sound. It's as sweet as a P-51 Mustang! It was a real treat to see him in my rear view mirror and then watch him go booming by. He's made some awesome progress and the car shows his eye for detail.

Sadly the battery in the Camera died after the few pictures. Once it's charged I'll see if any turned out and are worthy of posting.


Thanks for the fun Todd....looking forward to next weekend.

Had quite a few requests for a exhaust video. 3 inch magnaflow with x pipe dumped at the axle. Mellow but sounds pretty good at redline. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH1SW7J74dU
Spending most of my time ironing out the bugs. I have to say it's one of my favorite phases on the car. Basically fine tuning a driving car. Today I drove down to George's Alignment shop. Old school shop opened in the 50's. I have found a bunch of local connections building this car. Still align cars with a set of plates, pit, and bubble gauges. Perfect since ever alignment shop couldn't put heads on m 19 inch rims. Steering wheel is perfectly straight and the camber is dialed in at .5 degrees negative. 100 bones and I'm out. http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...gnmentshop.jpg
I can't go anywhere without people flocking to this car. The alignment guy takes it out to check the steering wheel alignment and a photographer stops by and hands me his card. Good news is he has many strippers on hand for nude photos with the car. Old lady didn't seem to thrilled. What she doesn't know won't kill her right? I drove it down to Toyota to get a sun visor for my ladies truck. Harrassed on the way in and out. Kids go nuts over it and tonight a couple of hot young chicks were flirting with me like crazy. Didn't expect it to be so popular everywhere I go.

cant really hear anything in that video (other than what sounds like air or wind). would love to hear one with someone revving it while standing outside the car or something, especially since i am considering the exact same exhaust setup. :D

So did you have a basic alignment before? Hate to see those tires get trashed!

Yep.....yours truly with a tape measure. :D It drove straight with no shims. It ended up being .5 positive. Now it's at .5 negative and 5 degrees caster. Toe dead nuts. Tires are wearing perfectly so far at 550 miles.
Flash you are going to have to wait until we get the real video done. My buddy is chomping at the bit but I want the interior done so it's pro. My camera is just not that great. It's really just a deep throaty all business sound. Curtis told me it's one of his favorite part of my car. Of course he's heard it at 5k blowing by his drivers door.

:lol: Yeah I did watch that other vid you posted mashing it on the freeway. That was sweet. No worries man. I hear ya. I think I will probably start with dumps like yours, and if I think it's too loud I can add more pipe out the rear after that.

It's been a couple weeks and I haven't got a whole lot accomplished. Well yes and no.
I have a small vibration that starts at 72. Thought it was wheel balance so I tried some dyna beads.
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Not to bad to install. Take out the valve stems and put in 4 oz of these tiny beads. Patience goes a long ways. Didn't do a damn thing. :D I am starting to think it's just a by product of solid motor mounts and overdrive.

Well the car is out of commission for interior work. I talked to a couple shops and they wanted crazy money and the car for the rest of my life. So I decided to get as far as I can, of course being happy with the outcome and what I am not capable of or have time for someone can finish.

Well 600hp and 2 1/8 primaries makes some serious heat. The floors are coated inside and out, and I also have second skin dynapro or whatever they call it. The floor was still getting hot especially in the foot boards and tunnel. I decided to add a second layer of insulation. It's 3/8 inch thick with jute and foil on both sides. The whole floor and tunnel is done. I built up the rear floor pans to be even as they would be from the factory. Since I have the DSE connectors it puts a nice hump in the floor pan for the carpet. I then taped it all with aluminized heat tape.
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I am also going to leave the jute on the carpet. Should be nice and cozy now. I already cut the carpet to short.:unibrow: I have a new set here.

I have spent alot of time looking at different stereo and speaker options. You really didn't think I was going to half ass the sound system did you.:D

I decided to go with an Alpine 2008 model with IPOD, HD radio, Blue tooth, etc. You can pick your songs right on the head unit. Pretty slick set up. It's wired up and ready to go.

I am also running the factory setup in the dash, except for I opted for the kenwood upgrade. The bracket that came with it was so flimsy I decided to make my own.

Now for the fun part. Everything else is top of the line JL Audio. I am going to have 2 4" speakers in the kicks with tweeters. 2 6x9's in the rear dash with tweeters. 10" sub in the trunk along with my 1320 watt amp. Should get the job done.:thumbsup: Once I get the carpet back in and seats all the rest of the sounds system. I am going to take it somewhere to build the box. The amp will be mounted to it and maybe the trunk carpeted.
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I have to say that I have never been that interested in interior or sound systems. I am enjoying it so far.

You should enjoy it! I am a big fan of JL products and have had some over the years!

Be interesting to see how mount all those speakers.


Oh and nice bike too!

let me know how that alpine deck work because ive been looking at for sometime now.

You going to have that thing all back together in time for Cars and Coffee on Saturday? I'm in town and would really like to hit it this weekend. Maybe a cruise with Tyler and Jeff and a few video cameras. :yes:

are you gonna run the dash speakers and the kicks of the in-dash reciever, and then the 6x9 and sub off the amp? did you get custom kick panels?
should sound killer! and that amp was probally a pretty penny.

Not a chance of having it back together. I'm hoping by Sema :_paranoid Looking like a good chance of me working Saturday anyway.
AJ...it's a 6 channel amp. Right now I am planning to run the dash speakers off the deck....kicks off 2 channels, 6x9's off two channels, and bridge the last two for the sub. That gives me 70rms per small speaker and 150 rms for the sub. I may end up running the 4 fronts in parallel since they are rated at 35-40rms. Going to call JL on that. No custom kicks. Plenty of room for these speakers in the stock kicks. Which leads me to another story. Brand new kicks and the drivers side is to thick and the door won't shut. Thought it was the door panel. Nope...molded wrong. Passenger fits perfect. Ordered a second hoping it was molded better. I tweaked it and cut on it and it still wouldn't work. This is my first stereo install believe it or not. I'm a gear head but pretty excited about this whole deal.

I can't wait to see this installed.

The foil stuff lets plenty of heat through until
 

you put the juke and carpet over it...and then it will be nice and cool. I drove mine like that for a while and was dissapointed with how much heat came through.

You stereo set up is almost identical to mine. I am running vinatge air, so I made pods in the cowl area. 5.25 Memphis seperates. Used stock non air kicks and trimed the back of them. Where the vent levers on the kicks were, I mounted the tweeters. Have 2 4 inch JL Audios in the dash, 2 6x9 in the rear deck and 10 sub firing through back seat.

Deck power runs the 4 inchers in the center dash and 6 Channel JL Audio does the rest...just like you plan.

My car is so loud driving that you really do not get the benefit of how good the system is....

I think you will find that you will need to turn up the gain on the front speakers in the kicks. The center speakers, even running on the deck power, will be very loud and over power the others.

Good luck and keep us posted.